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Saturday, September 14, 2013

Shopping 2030

I sat on the couch –Tired of giving opinions. More than 3
hours had passed ,but there was no hint of any selection made. I think now you are wondering what I was up to .Well let me reveal it to you
right away. I was with my gal at this garment/apparel (or whatsoever) shop
situated in a big mall. I was literally tired with the no of dresses she was
trying and the opinions I had to give
for every dress she wore. It was almost 3 hours that I was going through this
trying situation. And after enduring this for 3 hours she said no dress
appealed to her .I was like WTF.

Back home I sat
on the couch watching T.V..Just then my phone beeped. It was a mail from
Indiblogger regarding their new contest. It was a contest held in association with eBay
and the theme of the contest was “How do you imagine shopping in 2030”.Almost
instinctively my mind replied…”I imagine women selecting their dresses pretty
quickly and their husbands/boyfriends/bothers/
spared from becoming victims of feminine
shopping”.

After a while My
brain ‘stormed’ and came up with some more thoughts about shopping In 2030
which are as follows..

Holographic 3D projections

Just imagine you are shopping some dress for yourself or may
be a jewellery online. You love the
dress so much but you are not sure whether the size fits in aptly for you. You
see a unique jewellery-meticulosuly designed. But you feel it would be nice if
you could witness how gorgeous it would make you before buying. With current online shopping this ain't possible right now.

Now just
imagine the same shopping scenario in 2030.Adjacent to you is a Holographic 3D Projection of your own self on which you can drag and Drop every dress or
every accessory. And then if that seems right you can buy it without any
worries.Sounds great isn’t it?

If you aren’t aware what holographic 3D projection is then check this video..

You find an awesome Jacket during your online shopping session.
It looks great .Something which will make you more presentable. But then your
mind says “Every thing looks great except that embroidery or Print on it”. And
it so happens that eventually you drop off buying the jacket due to that awkward print
or embroidery.

Now just
imagine if you could remove that awkward embroidery or print
with just a click of mouse and then buy that befitting Jacket Happily. Sounds awesome isn’t it?

Holographic 3D Projection coupled with Online Customization
can prove to be a great feature in Online Shopping.

Scan and Buy

You go to a friend’s house and find a beautiful furniture set.
It’s almost like a love at first sight when you see the furniture. You want to
possess one such. But then finding something alike in market or online is
itself a tedious task.

But now lets imagine that you have a mobile app that can solve this problem. All you have to do is open
your app,and take a photo of it and upload it to the server. The server will
scan the photo and will give you the results on your mobile that consist of furniture sets alike with the best possible
price.

Scan and Buy feature will look great when its used along
with Google glasses. All you have to do is see the stuff you want to buy and give
a voice command.If you aren’t aware of
Google Glasses check the video here

Its always nice when
you get a gift;Its nicer when you get a gift which you like.And if you are the
person who is giving the gift you would
always want to give a gift which the other person likes.But the question is how
would you determine their liking.?

How about this.

The online
shopping company must maintain a social network within itself. Each profile has
its own interests mentioned.When ever
you are giving gifts to your friends or family it will automatically pop up their
interests and you can gift accordingly.

Maintaining a
social network within e-commerce would help since everyone in the network will
be reminded of special occasions like birthdays ,Marriage etc and they can
choose the gifts right away and send.